Thoughts on recent Ninth Circuit and California appellate cases from Professor Shaun Martin at the University of San Diego School of Law.

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

People v. Garelick (Cal. Ct. App. - April 8, 2008)

I'm pretty impressed. It's one thing to get a pedophile to show up at a park for a rendezvous with an alleged 13-year old girl. That's not too hard. It's another thing to have the foresight to ask the pedophile to bring with him a particular brand of condoms and a particular brand of bubble gum. That's pretty creative. 'Cause when you stop that guy at a park, and he's got that stuff in his pocket, that pretty much proves he's the one you're after, right? And the bubble gum is an obvious -- and brilliant -- jury atmospheric. The only thing better is if you could ask him to bring a particular type of comic book. Classic.

As for the wisdom of trolling for or responding to alleged 13-year old minors over the internet, or leaving kiddie porn on your computer while you do so, I can only reiterate what I constantly like to say.